Tashkent 2012 FIDE Grand Prix

The second Grand Prix of the 2012/13 series runs from 21 November - 5 December in Tashkent.

The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 Grand Prix series qualify for the March 2014 Candidates Tournament.

The first contest in London was won jointly by Boris Gelfand, Veselin Topalov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. After the Tashkent Grand Prix the series will move on to Lisbon next April, followed by Madrid, Berlin and Paris.

The winners in London (l to r): Boris Gelfand, Veselin Topalov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

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Each tournament is a single round-robin featuring 12 out of the 18 players in the Grand Prix, and each player competes in four of the six events. Details of dates and participants are here.

Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand have declined to participate in the Grand Prix as they are likely to qualify for the Candidates by virtue of their high ratings (or status as World Champion).

The line-up for the Tashkent Grand Prix

Name

Fed

Elo

Karjakin, Sergey

RUS

2780

Caruana, Fabiano

ITA

2772

Morozevich, Alexander

RUS

2758

Kamsky, Gata

USA

2755

Wang, Hao

CHN

2748

Mamedyarov, Shakriyar

AZE

2748

Svidler, Peter

RUS

2747

Gelfand, Boris

ISR

2736

Ponomariov, Ruslan

UKR

2735

Leko, Peter

HUN

2734

Dominguez Perez, Leinier

CUB

2734

Kasimdzhanov, Rustam

UZB

2690

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Gata Kamsky replaces Vugar Gashimov who is unable to play (in this tournament only).

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The Tashkent Grand Prix Schedule

21/11/2012

Arrival & Opening

22/11/2012

Round 1

23/11/2012

Round 2

24/11/2012

Round 3

25/11/2012

Round 4

26/11/2012

Free Day

27/11/2012

Round 5

28/11/2012

Round 6

29/11/2012

Round 7

30/11/2012

Round 8

01/12/2012

Free Day

02/12/2012

Round 9

03/12/2012

Round 10

04/12/2012

Round 11 & Closing

05/12/2012

Departure

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The overall winner and runner-up of the 2012/13 FIDE Grand Prix will qualify for the March 2014 Candidates Tournament. Before then, we are due to have the 2013 Candidates in March 2013 in London, with the winner challenging Vishy Anand for the title in October/November 2013.

@ Edgar_GR - the 2013 Candidates line-up is already decided (the names at the end of the article), but this Grand Prix series will determine 2 of the players in the next Candidates event after that - in 2014.

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